Legislative-Executive WorkFirst Poverty Reduction Oversight Task - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Legislative-Executive WorkFirst Poverty Reduction Oversight Task Force August 26, 2019 Agenda Welcome and Introductions Taskforce Business Updates on ESSHB 1603 implementation DCYF Transitions Update on Phase 2 Drivers of
Overarching/Social Capital
Criminal Justice/Re-entry
Benefits/Program Concerns
Comprehensive career services Wrap-around services Provide choices
Streamline eligibility Eliminate fiscal cliffs Ensure respectful customer services
Cultural competency Implicit/explicit bias & institutional racism History of racism & discrimination in the U.S., its economic impact and resulting trauma
Trauma-informed Care Building empathy Engaging case management approaches (strength based)
Assign a case manager to assist in accessing social/economic support services Prioritize family unification
Connect individuals to appropriate community resources Support community college re-entry education programs for people leaving incarceration Develop a need/risk assessment – equitable social & economic services/resources
Coordination of programming between DSHS, HCA, DCYF, Commerce, ESD, SBCTC, and OSPI Agency accountability to a shared set of
well-being Restructure programs to provide a respectful, integrated, seamless continuum of care
Ensure access to Temporary Assistance to Needy Families by restoring recession-era program cuts Reorient Washington’s "work-first” approach to Temporary Assistance for Needy Families around “families-first” Update the Standard of Need and public assistance benefit levels
Expand eligibility for the Early Childhood Education Assistance Program (ECEAP) to 180 percent of the federal poverty line Ensure funding for post-secondary education for children who are in TANF households
Provide funding for childcare services to post-secondary students
Adequately funded Accessible to people living in poverty or experiencing homelessness
Specifically tailored to those most impacted by poverty - including youth Include a broad range of opportunities - entrepreneurial and small business Living-wage workforce development and employment training programs
Necessary funding and resources targeted directly to increase access and availability of mental health services Expand capacity of inpatient facilities Opportunities for interpersonal relationship building between providers and clients
Teacher trainings on early intervention steps Training to help Child Protective Service workers understand parental culture, parenting styles, struggles that single parents face, etc. Additional school-based counselors and screenings